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perpendicular to it. The Plant when taken 
out, and viewed in the Microfcope, appears 
as at fig. 6. All the Fibres of the Leaves are 
difcernable, altho’ the Leaves are themfelves 
thicker in proportion than thofe of the Tree, 
and feemingly turgid with Juice. Thefe 
Leaves are double, and fo tender and foft 
that I could only with the finefl Needle fe- 
parate them a little towards the Top, as I 
have endeavoured to reprefent in the Draw- 
Ing 
N II. is the Seed of Afparagus.—Fig. i* 
is the red Berry as it grows from the Stalk, 
which contains, in a foft watery Pulp, fix 
black fliining Seeds, formed as I have tried 
to reprefent at fg. 2. Their Appearance, 
whichever Way you view them, reprefents 
that Shape which Bellini calls Pelecoides . 
Each of thefe Seeds contains a hard white 
fhining Subfiance with bright fmall Specks 
all over it 5 and, lying horizontally, a fmall 
Plant, white indeed, but with a yellow Caft, 
plainly different from the Parenchyma in 
which it is fituated. This Plant examined 
in the Microfcope appears as fg. 4. with 
bright Spots like Papillae all over it, and the 
bending Leaf at the Top tending to a faint 
green. When the Plant is taken out the 
Sedtion of the Seed appears as fg. 3. in which 
the Bed of the young Plant runs quite 
through the Parenchyma, from one Side of 
the Covering or outward black Film to the 
Other, 
Altho’ 
